BUSINESS Coal is coming back in Illinois and...

March 22, 2006

BUSINESSCoal is coming back in Illinois and Indiana The use of coal from Illinois and Indiana fell in the 1990s because of clean air standards. With soaring energy prices, however, more utilities are finding it cost effective to install the scrubbers necessary to use the coal. As a result, some abandoned mines are reopening. C10LOCALBuchanan teen in custody in threat case The 16-year-old Buchanan teen who police say wrote threatening notes at Buchanan High School was picked up by police early Tuesday. The girl is being held at the Berrien County Juvenile Center in Berrien Springs until she has a court hearing, said Buchanan Police Chief Bill Marx. The teen is being tried as a juvenile and has been charged with communicating a false bomb threat and an act of terrorism, the Berrien County Prosecutor's Office said. B1Guilty pleas in dog killing, robbery cases Two prominent Niles cases recently resulted in guilty pleas. Roy David Floyd Jr. agreed to plead guilty Monday to one count of armed robbery and will testify against his co-defendant, George Calvin Payne III. Payne, 30, and Floyd, 19, are alleged to have robbed two Hardees employees in Niles on Dec. 10. On March 17, Fred Pearson, 82, pleaded guilty to killing his neighbor's dog. B1Levin presses Iraqi leaders in Baghdad Sen. Carl Levin pressed Iraqi leaders on Tuesday to reach a compromise on a plan for a national unity government, warning that the American public is growing impatient after three years of conflict. Levin, among a group of U.S. senators who met with Iraq's interim prime minister in Baghdad, told Iraqi leaders that the "American people are very impatient" and urged them to "quit squabbling and quit squandering their opportunity to form a nation." B2